SKIRT
\skˈɜːt], \skˈɜːt], \s_k_ˈɜː_t]\
Definitions of SKIRT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully"
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a garment hanging from the waist; worn mainly by girls and women
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pass around or about; move along the border; "The boat skirted the coast"
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form the edge of
By Princeton University
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avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully"
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form the edge or
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a garment hanging from the waist; worn mainly by girls and women
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pass around or about; move along the border; "The boat skirted the coast"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The lower and loose part of a coat, dress, or other like garment; the part below the waist; as, the skirt of a coat, a dress, or a mantle.
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A loose edging to any part of a dress.
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Border; edge; margin; extreme part of anything
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The diaphragm, or midriff, in animals.
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To cover with a skirt; to surround.
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To border; to form the border or edge of; to run along the edge of; as, the plain was skirted by rows of trees.
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To be on the border; to live near the border, or extremity.
By Oddity Software
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The lower and loose part of a coat, dress, or other like garment; the part below the waist; as, the skirt of a coat, a dress, or a mantle.
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A loose edging to any part of a dress.
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Border; edge; margin; extreme part of anything
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The diaphragm, or midriff, in animals.
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To cover with a skirt; to surround.
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To border; to form the border or edge of; to run along the edge of; as, the plain was skirted by rows of trees.
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To be on the border; to live near the border, or extremity.
By Noah Webster.
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The lower and loose part of a coat, dress, or other garment; an outer garment for women and girls, covering the body below the waist; a petticoat; margin or border; on a saddle, the side flaps.
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To border; pass along the edge of; as, to skirt a forest.
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To be on, or move along, the edge.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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The part of a garment below the waist: a woman's garment like a petticoat: the edge of any part of the dress: border: margin: extreme part.
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To border: to form the edge of.
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To be on the border: to live near the extremity.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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